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Semester on Social Entrepreneurship

Location: New York City, NY Experience Type: nycTRECs

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Offered every spring semester. Classes begin in mid-January, end in early May and are held in New York City on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About the Program

Rethink

New York City is both a business world capital and a hub of global social activism. In this course, you will spend two days a week in the Big Apple, studying social entrepreneurship. Visit and interact with changemakers in large nonprofits and small grassroots organizations in a range of sectors, including arts, education and international development. Learn how these organizations are working to address a range of social challenges, such as poverty, human rights abuses and environmental damage.

Examine the ways social entrepreneurs inspire change. Discover how nonprofit organizations apply business techniques to address the world’s most serious problems. Determine when and if nonprofits are the appropriate institutions to tackle social issues. Explore which economic factors drive nonprofit decision making. Then, design your own solution to a real-world challenge, working with an actual social change organization.

Required Courses

Students enrolled in this nycTREC will complete the following courses:

ECON/BST/PSCI 287 – Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship

This course compliments ECON 387, with a focus on hands on approaches to social entrepreneurship, as well as on obtaining the skills needed to successfully work for social change. The course will consist of a series of field trips, skills workshops and a group project that involves working with a social change organization on a current challenge they are facing. Permission of instructor required. Signature of instructor required for registration.

ECON/BST/PSCI 387 – Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends

Using an interdisciplinary lens this course will explore how size, location, structure, mission and globalization have shaped decision making processes within social change organizations. The focus will be on nonprofits, cooperatives and firms with a commitment to achieving corporate social responsibility. A key question we will explore is why social entrepreneurship is increasingly associated with social change organizations. This question will be addressed through an exploration of both theoretical explanations and empirical examples of the economic, social and political challenges facing social change organizations. Case studies will focus on both US and international contexts.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Drew student with sophomore, junior or senior standing
  • Be in good academic and disciplinary standing

An interview with the program director will be scheduled for finalists as part of the application process.

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Experience Information

Sponsor:Center for Global Education
Start Date:Jan 20, 2021
End Date:May 12, 2021
Apply By:Oct 10, 2020

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Daniel Pascoe Aguilar Daniel Pascoe Aguilar
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Amy Koritz Amy Koritz
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Stacy Fischer Stacy Fischer
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